Baldwin Register Sound Off for Tuesday, September 7, 2010: Katrina 'unprecedented'; say no to watershed 'tax'

This person who lives on the Eastern Shore must never go to Mobile and come through the tunnel, especially during holidays and on Fridays. It is such a mess. I too live on the Eastern Shore but I do go back and forth to Mobile and have had to come through this horrible traffic. I don’t think that this person realizes that this is a federal interstate and it goes between Florida and California. Hundreds of thousands of cars pass down it every day, not necessarily through our tunnel, but it goes from coast to coast, so we get masses of traffic. It’s probably the only bottleneck along the route because it goes down to two lanes in a major city. It is absolutely ridiculous. Take your blindfold off, get in the traffic and see what we’re talking about.

Katrina was unprecedented

Not only was Hurricane Ivan not any worse than Katrina, it wasn’t nearly as bad. Ivan was a bad hurricane among many bad hurricanes. Katrina was a once-in-a-lifetime event and unprecedented for sure. Yes indeed, Ivan did do a lot of damage in Orange Beach, Gulf Shores and Pensacola. I was there and I saw it. But if you look at the percentage of homes destroyed in the two states in Ivan is no where near the percentage of homes destroyed by Katrina in Mississippi and Louisiana. There’s no comparison whatsoever. The damage in Katrina was unprecedented.

Katrina outranked Ivan

Comparing Hurricane Ivan to Katrina is like comparing an SUV to an 18-wheeler. I volunteered a lot after Katrina hit and there is no comparison to what Katrina did.

No teeth in city leash law

We do have a leash law in Bay Minette; however, it really doesn’t matter. This ordinance actually encourages people to let their animals run around.

No way to treat dog

To the person who dumped the little Boston terrier on Kilcrease Road: Only a redneck piece of trash would take a sick dog that was almost dead and dump it out where no one lives. There is a special place for people like you.

‘Leave my billfold alone’

Obamanomics is alive and well in Baldwin County. Look at this Baldwin County Watershed Coalition. They’re an unelected group of people and they’re going to take money right out of your pocket. They call it a fee but it’s really a tax. We’ve got to send a message to these do-gooders. Leave my billfold alone. Go back to Washington D.C. and hold Obama’s hand, but don’t hold my hand here in Baldwin County. We are independent. I’m voting no on this watershed tax.